| Daily Blog • March 28th |
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Covering college football as I do takes 52 weeks a year as it is and while I personally do not scout the high school games and rate each player I do compile my rankings based on the many different recruiting services across the country that follow and scout HS football year round. I not only like to use all of the biggest and best services, but I also use regional reports as well. The colleges themselves use many of these services to get the latest information on recruits.
When we receive a recruiting magazine, we translate each player's ranking into a points system from 1-100 and then log each and every player into the computer and give them a point total from each source. Naturally, the more they are mentioned and the higher they are rated by each publication, the more total points they accrue. After months of entering all of this information, I sort the list by position and by total points and then rank the players from most points to least.
In today's blog I have included the top incoming freshman LB's and DBs for 2011. Each one of these players is ranked in the Top 500 prospects regardless of position and will appear in my preseason magazine. Since we want the college preview to continue to be the most in-depth and accurate magazine out there, if you find any information that is wrong or if you are questioning a player's ranking please contact brandon@philsteele.com.
Top Incoming Frosh LB's
Rank |
Name | School |
1. |
Curtis Grant | Ohio St |
2. |
Tony Steward | Clemson |
3. |
Stephone Anthony | Clemson |
4. |
Ishaq Williams | Notre Dame |
5. |
Steve Edmond | Texas |
6. |
Lawrence Thomas | Michigan St |
7. |
Trey Depriest | Alabama |
8. |
Brent Calloway | Alabama |
9. |
James Vaughters | Stanford |
10. |
Lamar Dawson | USC |
11. |
Cj Johnson | Mississippi |
12. |
Kris Frost | Auburn |
13. |
Travis Hughes | North Carolina |
14. |
Xzavier Dickson | Alabama |
15. |
Anthony Wallace | Oregon |
16. |
Anthony Sarao | USC |
17. |
Jason Gibson | California |
18. |
Lateek Townsend | Clemson |
19. |
Sterling Bailey | Georgia |
20. |
Tre' Madden | USC |
21. |
Ryan Shazier | Ohio St |
22. |
Kendall Thompson | Texas |
23. |
Shannon Brown | Unsigned |
24. |
Ben Councell | Notre Dame |
25. |
Jake Keefer | Wisconsin |
26. |
Aj Johnson | Tennessee |
27. |
Amarlo Herrera | Georgia |
28. |
Tyson Coleman | Oregon |
29. |
Trevon Randle | LSU |
30. |
Chet Moss | Texas |
31. |
Rob Hankins | Arizona |
32. |
Norkeithus Otis | North Carolina |
33. |
Jarrett Grace | Notre Dame |
34. |
Graham Stewart | Florida |
35. |
Kent Turene | Georgia |
36. |
Terrance Smith | Florida St |
37. |
Ben Kline | Penn St |
38. |
Leilon Willingham | UCF |
39. |
Conner Crowell | Ohio St |
40. |
Davon Moreland | SMU |
41. |
Vinnie Sunseri | Alabama |
42. |
Anthony Rabasa | Notre Dame |
43. |
Marcus Mayers | Mississippi |
44. |
Quentin Gause | Rutgers |
45. |
Lyndell Johnson | Oklahoma St |
46. |
Serderius Bryant | Mississippi |
47. |
Blake Renaud | Boise St |
48. |
Christian Russell | Unsigned |
49. |
Quinton Alston | Iowa |
50. |
Steven Daniels | Boston College |
51. |
Pl Lindley | Oklahoma |
52. |
Dominique Petties | Arizona |
53. |
Chris Landrum | Auburn |
54. |
Ramik Wilson | Georgia |
55. |
Cody Kurz | Unsigned |
56. |
Corey Waller | Washington |
57. |
Darien Harris | Michigan St |
58. |
Denzel Perryman | Miami, Fl |
59. |
Jalen Jefferson | California |
60. |
Rodney Hardrick | Oregon |
61. |
Rahim Cassell | Oregon |
62. |
Branden Jackson | Texas Tech |
Top Incoming Frosh DB's
Rank |
Name | School |
1. |
Hasean Clinton-Dix | Alabama |
2. |
Karlos Williams | Florida St |
3. |
Doran Grant | Ohio St |
4. |
Erique Florence | Auburn |
5. |
Damian Swann | Georgia |
6. |
Josh Turner | Texas |
7. |
Marcus Roberson | Florida |
8. |
Quandre Diggs | Texas |
9. |
Demetrious Nicholson | Virginia |
10. |
Wayne Lyons | Stanford |
11. |
Jonathan Rose | Auburn |
12. |
Nick Waisome | Florida St |
13. |
Sheroid Evans | Texas |
14. |
Albert Louis-Jean | Boston College |
14. |
Nick Marshall | Georgia |
15. |
Charles Jackson | Nebraska |
16. |
Blake Countess | Michigan |
17. |
Corey Moore | Georgia |
18. |
Malcolm Mitchell | Georgia |
19. |
Leroy Scott | Texas |
20. |
Gerrod Holliman | Louisville |
21. |
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu | Oregon |
22. |
Tevin Mitchel | Arkansas |
23. |
Jabari Gorman | Florida |
24. |
Jabriel Washington | Alabama |
25. |
Avery Walls | California |
26. |
De'Ante Saunders | Florida |
27. |
Robensen Therezie | Auburn |
28. |
Jermaine Whitehead | Auburn |
29. |
Ron Tanner | Ohio St |
30. |
James Sample | Washington |
31. |
Glenn Faulkner | Kentucky |
32. |
Terrell Chestnut | West Virginia |
33. |
Eilar Hardy | Notre Dame |
34. |
Kyshoen Jarrett | Virginia Tech |
35. |
Dondi Kirby | Illinois |
36. |
Valdez Showers | Florida |
37. |
Stefan Mcclure | California |
38. |
Dee Arrington | Miss St |
39. |
Pat Martin | Tennessee |
41. |
Keelin Smith | Florida St |
42. |
Cortez Davis | Clemson |
43. |
Sheldon Royster | South Carolina |
44. |
Mykkele Thompson | Texas |
45. |
Jeremy Cash | Ohio St |
46. |
Brandon Phelps | Virginia |
47. |
Kelvin Fisher | Arkansas |
48. |
Franklin Shannon | Oklahoma |
49. |
Delonte Hollowell | Michigan |
50. |
Brian Randolph | Tennessee |
51. |
Christion Jones | Alabama |
52. |
Dallas Crawford | Miami, Fl |
53. |
Anthony Swain | Auburn |
54. |
David Jenkins | LSU |
55. |
Michael Caputo | Wisconsin |
56. |
Raymon Taylor | Michigan |
57. |
Derjuan Gambrell | Ohio St |
58. |
Cody Prewitt | Mississippi |
59. |
Lamarcus Brutus | Florida St |
60. |
Chelarvez Brown | Mississippi |
61. |
Josh Atkinson | Notre Dame |
62. |
Devonta Burns | Texas A&M |
63. |
Andrew Johnson | LSU |
64. |
Ronny Van Dyke | Virginia Tech |
66. |
Chris Sanders | Georgia |
67. |
Justin Coleman | Tennessee |
68. |
Tyler Hunter | Florida St |
69. |
Josh Stewart | Oklahoma St |
70. |
Senquez Golson | Mississippi |
71. |
Devin Bowman | Georgia |
72. |
Howard Matthews | Texas A&M |
73. |
Alex Dixon | North Carolina |
74. |
Dominique Noble | Georgia Tech |
75. |
Jeremiah Hendy | Maryland |
76. |
Nicholas Law | Iowa |
77. |
Floyd Raven | Texas A&M |
78. |
Loucheiz Purifoy | Florida |
79. |
Deshazor Everett | Texas A&M |
80. |
Zachary Jackson | Miss St |
81. |
Chris Johnson | Florida |
82. |
Jalen Collins | LSU |
83. |
Lafayette Pitts | Pittsburgh |